Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Boat People SOS (BPSOS) is a private sector organization devoted to empowering Vietnamese communities through topic specific programs including disaster relief and recovery.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Knowledge, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This PowerPoint presentation from the National Latino Research Center CSU San Marcos, discusses the emergency issues surrounding emergency response efforts to meet the needs of immigrant populations during the 2007 Southern California wildfires.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Organizational Supports, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This manual provides a framework and operational guidelines for a human rights-based approach to disaster relief efforts which recognize the culturally specific needs of diverse populations.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This book examines socioeconomic inequalities in the aftermath of Hurricane Andrew.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This paper focuses on the central role played by housing in New Orleans in determining the city’s social and economic recovery, reconstruction progress and long term survival while highlighting racial disparities and the social determinants of displacement.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This interdisciplinary report illuminates the environmental justice implications of Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This article describes cultural barriers which impeded the recovery of Vietnamese individuals following Hurricane Katrina and one organization’s effort to help the Vietnamese community rebuild.
Subtopics: Language Access Services, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This memorandum provides a table of disaster-related assistance programs for individuals and the eligibility status for qualified aliens, non-immigrants, and unqualified aliens.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This paper offers an analysis of the social conditions giving rise to the tragic Hurricane Katrina outcomes, the reasons behind the inadequate disaster response, and possible strategies for addressing these social conditions and ensuring effective emergency response planning.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
General Doug O'Dell, federal coordinator for Gulf Coast Rebuilding at the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Louisiana quarterly luncheon where he discussed federal efforts and thanked the Hispanic community for their continued contributions to the region's recovery.
Subtopics: Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This work of synthesis shows how various racial and ethnic groups perceive natural hazard risks and respond to warnings.
Subtopics: Culturally Competent Care, Language Access Services, Organizational Supports, Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This article examines Hurricane Katrina in the context of the history of racial and ethnic minorities existing disproportionately in the margins of society.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
This qualitative study examines the extent to which government and nonprofit agencies engaged Afrincan American clergy and churches as key resources in responding to the urgent needs of people of color in Hurricane Katrina’s aftermath.
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Building Partnerships, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
The Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder serves to advance knowledge on disaster preparedness, response, and recovery by conducting research and providing resources which focus on a variety of specific topics, including racially and ethnically diverse communities.
Subtopics: Phase 5 - Psychological Impact, Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 1 - Risk Perception, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 4 - Physical Impact, Natural Disasters, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian
Subtopics: Phase 6 - Response, Phase 7 - Recovery, Phase 3 - Warning, Phase 2 - Preparedness, Phase 8 - Reconstruction
Language(s): English, Somali, Spanish, Arabic, Bosnian